Never Ever Enough, Baby

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Strollerderby — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:59:17 GMT

Every afternoon when Emmeline goes down for a nap, I try to busy myself with writing, cleaning or baking sweet, delicious cupcakes. And by try , I mean I think about one of those things briefly before curling up in a fetal position and falling asleep

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anonymous — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:02:58 GMT

It's a present when my husband changes a diaper only if it's a present when I let him touch inside my panties.

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chochomom — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:44:10 GMT

Well put mcglory13, I too was disturbed by Rachael's attitude.

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mcglory13 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:15:46 GMT

This disturbs me: "Loving, doting, devoted fatherhood and co-parenting, a willingness to change diapers and get up in the middle of the night (sometimes for years), and financial and emotional support of new parents? Now those are presents worth fighting for... "

See, these are things I expect from my husband who equally desired the child. To be an equal parent and partner. Him being a good dad is not a present to me, it's his obligation to his baby.

Being pregnant sucked. It permanently physically destroyed parts of me. I couldn't drink a glass of wine for months. My body become public property. And THEN there was labor. If my husband had chosen to say thank you for my sacrifice with a present (seeing that he couldn't be pregnant and it was up to me), I'm not sure what's wrong with that.

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CoolAuntieTina — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:20:33 GMT

See, I never saw it that way until I started reading articles about these "push presents". My brother-in-law bought his wife a ring when their first daugther was born as a way of saying thanks. I thought it was sweet: they got married when they were really young (thus she had a tiny engagement ring), but had their baby almost 10 years later. This was her "big" diamond. I guess the concept goes sour when there's an expectation for a stone, when Tiffanys is advertising for it.

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Softer — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:01:00 GMT

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